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Title: ECW pike and shot armed highlanders
Post by: pbjunky1 on June 23, 2018, 05:40:00 PM

After having painted 90 sword  waving, lochabar axe wielding highlanders I decided to paint a unit of  'regular' pike and shot armed highlanders. It's an indulgence as they probably will represent poorer quality levy in our games and rout regularly but there you go.
The minis are a mix of Front Rank (Jacobite range but many are ok for ECW) and Bicorne.
The Bicorne pikes  are the open handed lochabar axe men. The Front Rank pikes are again Lochabar men with the cast on axe removed and pike added.
I will  select a clan banner to add to the unit at some point.
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Title: Re: ECW pike and shot armed highlanders
Post by: Lowtardog on June 23, 2018, 05:58:36 PM

I feel your pain I have a painting block after doing 3 units. Cracking shout on the pikemen

Title: Re: ECW pike and shot armed highlanders
Post by: bigredbat on June 23, 2018, 06:11:04 PM

Very nice!  What range?

Title: Re: ECW pike and shot armed highlanders
Post by: Lowtardog on June 23, 2018, 06:16:20 PM

Quote from: bigredbat on June 23, 2018, 06:11:04 PM

Very nice!  What range?

I think he mentioned they were Front Rank and Bicorne, the pike are bicorne Lochaber axe highlanders. I had thought they were cast on axes but seems they aren`t which is good

Title: Re: ECW pike and shot armed highlanders
Post by: bigredbat on June 23, 2018, 08:08:46 PM

Thanks- they work well together.

Title: Re: ECW pike and shot armed highlanders
Post by: traveller on June 23, 2018, 08:28:41 PM

Nice work! I need to gear up my painting skill for the Jacobite KS delivery later on this year so this is very interesting

Title: Re: ECW pike and shot armed highlanders
Post by: Terry37 on June 23, 2018, 10:42:48 PM

OH! Very nicely done. Your tartan work really captures the time period!!!

Terry

Title: Re: ECW pike and shot armed highlanders
Post by: Plutarch64 on June 26, 2018, 11:18:02 AM

Great work on these.

Title: Re: ECW pike and shot armed highlanders
Post by: Erik on June 26, 2018, 11:35:17 AM

Very nice paintjob but where are the 90 highlanders?


Erik

Title: Re: ECW pike and shot armed highlanders
Post by: rampantlion on June 26, 2018, 03:21:30 PM

Nice work!  I just did three units of highland regulars for my Inverlochy game.  Glad to be done with them!!

Title: Re: ECW pike and shot armed highlanders
Post by: jambo1 on June 26, 2018, 05:23:38 PM

Very nice indeed, the tartan is quite superb. :)

Title: Re: ECW pike and shot armed highlanders
Post by: Codsticker on June 27, 2018, 04:45:02 AM

Quote from: jambo1 on June 26, 2018, 05:23:38 PM

Very nice indeed, the tartan is quite superb. :)

I agree; impressive work, especially the tartan.

Title: Re: ECW pike and shot armed highlanders
Post by: pbjunky1 on July 01, 2018, 06:02:51 PM

Quote from: Erik on June 26, 2018, 11:35:17 AM

Very nice paintjob but where are the 90 highlanders?

Just had chance to photograph the clans and Irish allies this weekend. We are using Pikeman's Lament rules at the moment so they'd be fielded in units of 12 for that with odd units of 6 as forlorn hope or commanded shot but for ease of photo they  are mostly combined  in 24s.
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Title: Re: ECW pike and shot armed highlanders
Post by: rampantlion on July 01, 2018, 06:31:12 PM

Great stuff!